Assertion (A): India is a secular state.
Reason: Our Constitution does not give a special status to any religion.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Both (A) and (R) are true, and statement (R) is the correct explanation of the assertion.
The Indian State is a secular state. There are different characteristic features of Indian secularism-
1)      There is no official state religion.
2)      The constitution allows everyone to follow, profess, practice and propagate or not to follow any religion.
3)      The constitution prohibits any discrimination based on religion.
4)      The constitution also allows the State to intervene in religion to establish law and order, justice and equality within the religious community.
Indian secularism differs from western secularism in that there is no concrete separation between the State and the religion as prevalent in western countries.

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